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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Clostridium polynesiense

Name: Clostridium polynesiense Sankar et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.ly.ne.si.en’se. L. neut. adj. polynesiense, of French Polynesia, the country of origin of the patient from whom strain MS1 T was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CSUR P630; DSM 27072; MS1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF952918 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sankar SA, Rathored J, Metidji S, Lagier JC, Khelaifia S, Labas N, Musso D, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Clostridium polynesiense sp. nov., a new member of the human gut microbiota in French Polynesia. Anaerobe 2015; 36:79-87.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Clostridium Prazmowski 1880 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sankar SA, Rathored J, Metidji S, Lagier JC, Khelaifia S, Labas N, Musso D, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Clostridium polynesiense sp. nov., a new member of the human gut microbiota in French Polynesia. Anaerobe 2015; 36:79-87.

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Record number: 36173
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